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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jillian Ambrose and Joanna Partridge

IEA orders largest ever release of stockpiled oil to reduce crude price

An aerial view of an oil refinery
The IEA’s release of oil reserves outstrips the 182m barrels put on the market after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Photograph: Tannen Maury/EPA-EFE

The International Energy Agency has ordered the largest release of government oil reserves in its history to help calm the oil price shock triggered by the US-Israeli attacks on Iran.

The world’s energy watchdog said its 32 members had agreed unanimously to release about 400m barrels of emergency crude, a third of the group’s total government stockpiles and more than double the IEA’s previous biggest release.

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